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“Maybe you've moved too many times, or maybe you wish a move were in your future. Maybe you are renting and wish you weren't; maybe you are upside-down in a mortgage you don't want and can't move. Maybe you love where you are but feel like you aren't doing it justice with your decorating skills, Maybe you are waiting on that next house so you can finally start enjoying where you are.
The dream house isn't the answer.
The answer is a gift in disguise.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“I've finally figured out that almost no one is living in their dream house. And I don't know anyone whose life has gone exactly like they would have planned. You make the best choices you can at the time with the information you have, and then you deal with the consequences...”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“I've learned that no one is going to give me special permission to make where I live home. There's no magic signal to wait for. So I don't hesitate to hang things on the wall and make every room homey, because we never know when we might have to move again. No one really does.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“We want to truly love, appreciate, and use our homes. We don't want to put a bandaid on something we hate, no matter how cute and budget-friendly that bandaid may be.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“As a child, I didn't have huge dreams, impressive ambitions, or fancy prayers. I was a simple girl who looked forward to having a family and settling down in a little white house and growing something...”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“You make the best choices you can at the time with the information you have, and then you deal with the consequences, and that’s the part where your life happens.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“Have you ever walked into the home of friends and immediately thought, This house is so them? Something about the home speaks volumes about the people who live there.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“When all think alike, then no one is thinking. —WALTER LIPPMAN”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“The key to creating a beautiful home isn’t knowing what you are doing; it’s taking a risk even if you don’t know what you are doing. There is no wrong way to create beauty.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“Instead of seeing imperfections as thorns in my decorating flesh, I want to open my eyes and see them as signs of life.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“At times, good enough and done is a smarter choice than perfect, and simply making a choice is often a sign of maturity, balance, and contentment.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“When I walk into a house, my eyes immediately dart around hoping to find something imperfect so that I can know this is a house where I can be real.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“In our thirteen houses, I have made every mistake. It’s been the best education I could have asked for. If I’d never tried, my house would still look like it did eighteen years ago. I’d still be giving dirty looks to a plaid hand-me-down sofa.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“That is how it is with your home. The imperfections play an important role: they put people at ease. When I walk into a house, my eyes immediately dart around hoping to find something imperfect so that I can know this is a house where I can be real.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“Buy a plant. If it dies, that’s okay. Buy another kind of plant until you find one that lives.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“Because the irony is that giving up on perfection isn’t a failure. It’s a gift.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. â€� NIELS BOHR”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“I was suddenly aware of how strongly I disagreed that there is a threshold for sinning when it comes to the price of a pair of shoes. How much is too much? Is $80 okay to spend on shoes but not $280? What about $20? Is that wrong? What about $2,000? Is $2,000 too much to spend on shoes? Each circumstance is different. It’s not about a threshold but about the heart.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful